

Shell > Split Vertically/Horizontally with Current Profile The panes can be adjusted by dragging the line that divides them. These menu items allow you to divide a tab into two or more split panes. Shell > Duplicate TabĬreates another tab with the same arrangement of split panes, profile, etc. This creates a new tab using the same profile as the current session rather than the default profile. If the current session is a tmux integration session, then you will be prompted for whether to create a local or tmux session. This creates a new window or tab with the default profile. This opens a window that guides you through the installation of the Shell Integration features. Makes Terminal.app the default terminal for opening. You must hold down Option for this entry to be visible. Makes iTerm2 the default terminal for opening. If you're concerned that untrusted programs might try to steal your passwords, you can turn this on, but it may disable global hotkeys in other programs. When this is enabled, the operating system will prevent other programs running on your computer from being able to see what you are typing. This is useful when reporting issues relating to drawing errors in the GPU renderer. This saves information about how the current session is drawn. This is useful when reporting issues relating to poor performance. This copies information about drawing speed to the pasteboard. When it is toggled off it is saved to /tmp/debuglog.txt. This saves helpful debugging information in memory. If Preferences > General > Prompt for test-release updates is turned on then this includes beta versions otherwise only stable versions are downloaded. iTerm2 > Check for UpdatesĬhecks to see if a new version of iTerm2 is available. You can show a tip immediately by selecting this item. You can configure an existing hotkey window by clicking Configure Hotkey Window in Prefs > Profiles > Keys.When you start using iTerm2 it will offer to show you a daily tip describing a feature. If you want to assign multiple hotkeys to a single dedicated hotkey window, add them by clicking Additional Hotkeys.

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Floating window: When selected, the dedicated hotkey window can appear over other apps' full screen windows (provided the profile's Window > Space setting is All Spaces).

Animate showing and hiding: Controls whether hotkey windows animate in and out or quickly jump-cut in and out.Automatically reopen on app activation: If selected, this dedicated hotkey window will reveal itself when iTerm2 is activated (such as by clicking the dock icon or another iTerm2 window).When off, the window will automatically hide when you select another window (whether in iTerm2 or another app) Pin hotkey window: If selected, the hotkey window remains open when another window gets keyboard focus.You'll be prompted to configure the window. This will create a new profile called Hotkey Window. To create your first dedicated hotkey window, go to Preferences > Keys and click Create a Dedicated Hotkey Window. You can also assign the double-tap of a modifier.

iTerm2 allows you to assign multiple hotkeys to a single profile or even a single hotkey to multiple profiles. In its simplest form, it's a system-wide terminal window that you can open with a hotkey. By pressing the hotkey, the window opens or closes. Dedicated Hotkey WindowsĪ dedicated hotkey window is a window that is associated with a profile and has a hotkey attached to it. The preference window will open, and at the bottom of the General tab is a field where you can set a hotkey that opens iTerm2 to reveal that session. Select Session > Edit Session to modify properties of the current session. You can assign a hotkey to a particular session. Turn on the checkbox and then click in the text field beneath it and type the hotkey you'd like to use. Configure this in Preferences > Keys > Show/hide all windows with a system-wide hotkey. It is meant for quickly switching between iTerm2 and other applications. This hotkey shows or hides all iTerm2 windows. iTerm2 recognizes three kinds of hotkeys: Toggle All Windows, Session Hotkeys, and Profile Hotkeys. A hotkey is a keypress that iTerm2 responds to even if another application is active.
